The Birth of Sarvadamana

Verse 1 (1.95.1)

प्रतिज्ञाय च दुष्यन्ते प्रतियाते दिने दिने । गर्भश्च ववृधे तस्यां राजपुत्र्यां महात्मनः ॥

pratijñāya ca duṣyante pratiyāte dine dine | garbhaśca vavṛdhe tasyāṃ rājaputryāṃ mahātmanaḥ

After Dushyanta had made his promise and gone away, the child of that great-souled king grew in the princess day by day.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the second line, which is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The first line corresponds to CE 1.68.1a (Wikisource च … दिने दिने for tu … śakuntalā).

Verse 2 (1.95.2)

शकुन्तला चिन्तयन्ती राजानं कार्यगौरवात् । दिवारात्रमनिद्रैव स्नानभोजनवर्जिता ॥

śakuntalā cintayantī rājānaṃ kāryagauravāt | divārātramanidraiva snānabhojanavarjitā

Shakuntala kept thinking of the king, for the matter weighed on her; day and night she went without sleep, without bathing or eating.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 3 (1.95.3)

राजप्रेषणिका विप्राश्चतुरङ्गबलान्विताः । अद्य श्वो वा परश्वो वा समायान्तीति निश्चिता ॥

rājapreṣaṇikā viprāścaturaṅgabalānvitāḥ | adya śvo vā paraśvo vā samāyāntīti niścitā

She was sure that brahmins sent by the king, with an army of four divisions, would arrive today, tomorrow or the day after.

Note on the text: Corrected निस्चिता → निश्चिता (misprint in Wikisource; स for श, and the critical edition's apparatus reads niścitā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 4 (1.95.4)

दिनान्पक्षानृतून्मासानयनानि च सर्वशः । गण्यमानानि वर्षाणि व्यतीयुस्त्रीणि भारत ॥

dinānpakṣānṛtūnmāsānayanāni ca sarvaśaḥ | gaṇyamānāni varṣāṇi vyatīyustrīṇi bhārata

While she counted the days, the fortnights, the seasons, the months and the half-years, three years went by, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 5 (1.95.5)

त्रिषु वर्षेषु पूर्णेषु ऋषेर्वचनगौरवात् । ऋषिपत्न्यः सुबहुशो हेतुमद्वाक्यमब्रुवन् ॥

triṣu varṣeṣu pūrṇeṣu ṛṣervacanagauravāt | ṛṣipatnyaḥ subahuśo hetumadvākyamabruvan

When the three years were complete, the wives of the sages, out of regard for the sage's word, spoke to her again and again with reasoned words.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 6 (1.95.6)

शृणु भद्रे लोकवृत्तं श्रुत्वा यद्रोचते तव । तत्कुरुष्व हितं देवि नावमान्यं गुरोर्वचः ॥

śṛṇu bhadre lokavṛttaṃ śrutvā yadrocate tava | tatkuruṣva hitaṃ devi nāvamānyaṃ gurorvacaḥ

Listen, gentle one, to the way of the world, and having heard it, lady, do what pleases you and what is good for you. The word of an elder must not be slighted.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 7 (1.95.7)

देवानां दैवतं विष्णुर्विप्राणामग्निर्ब्रह्म च । नारीणां दैवतं भर्ता लोकानां ब्राह्मणो गुरुः ॥

devānāṃ daivataṃ viṣṇurviprāṇāmagnirbrahma ca | nārīṇāṃ daivataṃ bhartā lokānāṃ brāhmaṇo guruḥ

Vishnu is the deity of the gods, Agni and Brahman are the deities of brahmins; the husband is the deity of women, and the brahmin is the teacher of all the worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 8 (1.95.8)

सूतिकाले प्रसूष्वेति भगवांस्ते पिताऽब्रवीत् । करिष्यामीति कर्तव्यं तदा ते सुकृतं भवेत् ॥

sūtikāle prasūṣveti bhagavāṃste pitā'bravīt | kariṣyāmīti kartavyaṃ tadā te sukṛtaṃ bhavet

Your revered father told you, "When your time comes, give birth." Say "I will" and do as you must; then merit will be yours.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 9 (1.95.9)

पत्नीनां वचनं श्रुत्वा साधु साध्वित्यचिन्तयत् । गर्भं सुषाव वामोरूः कुमारममितौजसम् ॥

patnīnāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā sādhu sādhvityacintayat | garbhaṃ suṣāva vāmorūḥ kumāramamitaujasam

Hearing the wives' words, she thought, "Well said, well said." And the fair-thighed one gave birth to a boy of boundless vigour.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') after the first line, which is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is CE 1.68.1c.

Verse 10 (1.95.10)

त्रिषु वर्षेषु पूर्णेषु प्राजायत शकुन्तला । रूपौदार्यगुणोपेतं दौष्यन्तिं जनमेजय ॥

triṣu varṣeṣu pūrṇeṣu prājāyata śakuntalā | rūpaudāryaguṇopetaṃ dauṣyantiṃ janamejaya

When three full years had passed, Shakuntala bore Dushyanta's son, endowed with beauty, nobility and every virtue, O Janamejaya.

Verse 11 (1.95.11)

जाते तस्मिन्नन्तरिक्षात्पुष्पवृष्टिः पपात ह । देवदुन्दुभयो नेदुर्ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः ॥

jāte tasminnantarikṣātpuṣpavṛṣṭiḥ papāta ha | devadundubhayo nedurnanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ

When he was born, a rain of flowers fell from the sky; the drums of the gods sounded and troops of apsarases danced.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus). Removed stray wiki marks (backtick/quote marks).

Verse 12 (1.95.12)

गायद्भिर्मधुरं तत्र देवैः शक्रोऽभ्युवाच ह । शकुन्तले तव सुतश्चक्रवर्ती भविष्यति ॥

gāyadbhirmadhuraṃ tatra devaiḥ śakro'bhyuvāca ha | śakuntale tava sutaścakravartī bhaviṣyati

As the gods sang sweetly there, Shakra spoke: "Shakuntala, your son will be a universal sovereign.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 13 (1.95.13)

बलं तेजश्च रूपं च न समं भुवि केनचित् । आहर्ता वाजिमेधस्य शतसङ्ख्यस्य पौरवः ॥

balaṃ tejaśca rūpaṃ ca na samaṃ bhuvi kenacit | āhartā vājimedhasya śatasaṅkhyasya pauravaḥ

In strength, energy and beauty no one on earth will equal him. This Paurava will perform a hundred horse sacrifices

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 14 (1.95.14)

अनेकैरपि साहस्रै राजसूयादिभिर्मखैः । स्वार्थं ब्राह्मणसात्कृत्वा दक्षिणाममितां ददत् ॥

anekairapi sāhasrai rājasūyādibhirmakhaiḥ | svārthaṃ brāhmaṇasātkṛtvā dakṣiṇāmamitāṃ dadat

and many thousands of other sacrifices, the Rajasuya and the rest, making over his own wealth to the brahmins and giving gifts beyond measure."

Note on the text: Corrected अनेकारपि → अनेकैरपि (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition's apparatus reads anekair api). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 15 (1.95.15)

देवतानां वचः श्रुत्वा कण्वाश्रमनिवासिनः । सभाजयन्तः कण्वस्य सुतां सर्वे महर्षयः ॥

devatānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā kaṇvāśramanivāsinaḥ | sabhājayantaḥ kaṇvasya sutāṃ sarve maharṣayaḥ

Hearing the words of the gods, all the great sages who lived in Kanva's hermitage honoured Kanva's daughter.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 16 (1.95.16)

शकुन्तला च तच्छ्रुत्वा परं हर्षमवाप सा । द्विजानाहूय मुनिभिः सत्कृत्य च महायशाः ॥

śakuntalā ca tacchrutvā paraṃ harṣamavāpa sā | dvijānāhūya munibhiḥ satkṛtya ca mahāyaśāḥ

Shakuntala too felt the greatest joy on hearing it, and the illustrious woman invited the brahmins and honoured them together with the sages.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus). Removed stray wiki marks (backtick/quote marks).

Verse 17 (1.95.17)

जातकर्मादिसंस्कारं कण्वः पुण्यवतां वरः । तस्याथ कारयामास वर्धमानस्य चासकृत् ॥

jātakarmādisaṃskāraṃ kaṇvaḥ puṇyavatāṃ varaḥ | tasyātha kārayāmāsa vardhamānasya cāsakṛt

Kanva, best of the virtuous, then had the birth rite and the other sacraments performed for the boy, again and again as he grew.

Verse 18 (1.95.18)

यथाविधि यथान्यायं क्रियाः सर्वास्त्वकारयत् । दन्तैः शुक्लैः शिखरिभिःसिंहसंहननोऽभवत् ॥

yathāvidhi yathānyāyaṃ kriyāḥ sarvāstvakārayat | dantaiḥ śuklaiḥ śikharibhiḥsiṃhasaṃhanano'bhavat

He had every rite performed according to rule and proper custom. With white, pointed teeth, the boy had the build of a lion;

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line corresponds to CE 1.68.4a (Wikisource ऽभवत् for yuvā).

Verse 19 (1.95.19)

चक्राङ्कितकरः श्रीमान्स्वयं विष्णुरिवापरः । चतुष्किष्कुर्महातेजा महामूर्धा महाबलः ॥

cakrāṅkitakaraḥ śrīmānsvayaṃ viṣṇurivāparaḥ | catuṣkiṣkurmahātejā mahāmūrdhā mahābalaḥ

his hands bore the mark of the discus; he was glorious, like a second Vishnu himself, four cubits tall, of great splendour, with a large head and great strength.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the second line. This verse corresponds to CE 1.68.4c, with words the critical edition gives only in its apparatus (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 20 (1.95.20)

कुमारो देवगर्भाभः स तत्राशु व्यवर्धत । ऋषेर्भयात्तु दुष्यन्तः स्मरन्नैवाह्वयत्तदा ॥

kumāro devagarbhābhaḥ sa tatrāśu vyavardhata | ṛṣerbhayāttu duṣyantaḥ smarannaivāhvayattadā

Shining like a child of the gods, the boy grew quickly there. But Dushyanta, for fear of the sage, though he remembered, did not send for them then;

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) before the second line, which is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the first line is CE 1.68.4e.

Verse 21 (1.95.21)

गते काले तु महति न सस्मार तपोधनाम् । षड्वर्षेषु ततो बालः कण्वाश्रमपदं प्रति ॥

gate kāle tu mahati na sasmāra tapodhanām | ṣaḍvarṣeṣu tato bālaḥ kaṇvāśramapadaṃ prati

and as a long time went by, he no longer remembered the ascetic woman. Then, at the age of six, the boy, around the precincts of Kanva's hermitage,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') after the first line, which is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line corresponds to CE 1.68.5a.

Verse 22 (1.95.22)

व्याघ्रान्सिंहान्वराहांश्च वृकांश्च महिषांस्तथा । ऋक्षांश्चाभ्यहनद्व्यालान्पद्भ्यामाश्रमपीडकान् ॥

vyāghrānsiṃhānvarāhāṃśca vṛkāṃśca mahiṣāṃstathā | ṛkṣāṃścābhyahanadvyālānpadbhyāmāśramapīḍakān

tigers, lions, boars, wolves and buffaloes, and bears and other beasts of prey that troubled the hermitage, he struck down with his feet;

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) before the second line, which is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the first line corresponds to CE 1.68.5c.

Verse 23 (1.95.23)

बलाद्भुजाभ्यां संगृह्य बलवान्संनियम्य च । बद्ध्वा वृक्षेषु दौष्यन्तिराश्रमस्य समन्ततः ॥

balādbhujābhyāṃ saṃgṛhya balavānsaṃniyamya ca | baddhvā vṛkṣeṣu dauṣyantirāśramasya samantataḥ

seizing them by force in his arms and subduing them, the mighty son of Dushyanta tied them to the trees all around the hermitage.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') after the first line, which is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line corresponds to CE 1.68.6a.

Verse 24 (1.95.24)

आरुरोह द्रुमांश्चैव क्रीडन्स्म परिधावति । वनं च लोडयामास सिंहव्याघ्रगणैर्वृतम् ॥

āruroha drumāṃścaiva krīḍansma paridhāvati | vanaṃ ca loḍayāmāsa siṃhavyāghragaṇairvṛtam

He climbed the trees and ran about at play, and he churned up the whole forest, full of lions and tigers.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) before the second line, which is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the first line corresponds to CE 1.68.6c.

Verse 25 (1.95.25)

ततश्च राक्षसान्सर्वान्पिशाचांश्च रिपून्रणे । मुष्टियुद्धेन तान्हत्वा ऋषीनाराधयत्तदा ॥

tataśca rākṣasānsarvānpiśācāṃśca ripūnraṇe | muṣṭiyuddhena tānhatvā ṛṣīnārādhayattadā

Then he slew in combat all the rakshasas and pishachas, his foes, killing them with his fists, and so won the favour of the sages.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 26 (1.95.26)

कश्चिद्दितिसुतस्तं तु हन्तुकामो महाबलः । वध्यमानांस्तु दैतेयानमर्षी तं समभ्ययात् ॥

kaścidditisutastaṃ tu hantukāmo mahābalaḥ | vadhyamānāṃstu daiteyānamarṣī taṃ samabhyayāt

A mighty son of Diti, enraged that the daityas were being killed, came at him meaning to kill him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 27 (1.95.27)

तमागतं प्रहस्यैव बाहुभ्यां परिगृह्य च । दृढं चाबध्य बाहुभ्यां पीडयामास तं तदा ॥

tamāgataṃ prahasyaiva bāhubhyāṃ parigṛhya ca | dṛḍhaṃ cābadhya bāhubhyāṃ pīḍayāmāsa taṃ tadā

Laughing, the boy caught him in his arms as he came, held him fast and crushed him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 28 (1.95.28)

मर्दितो न शशाकास्मान्मोचितुं बलवत्तया । प्राक्रोशद्भैरवं तत्र द्वारेभ्यो निःसृतं त्वसृक् ॥

mardito na śaśākāsmānmocituṃ balavattayā | prākrośadbhairavaṃ tatra dvārebhyo niḥsṛtaṃ tvasṛk

Crushed, the daitya could not free himself, so great was the boy's strength. He let out a terrible howl there, and blood poured from the openings of his body.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 29 (1.95.29)

तेन शब्देन वित्रस्ता मृगाः सिंहादयो गणाः । सुस्रुवुश्च शकृन्मूत्रमाश्रमस्थाश्च सुस्रुवुः ॥

tena śabdena vitrastā mṛgāḥ siṃhādayo gaṇāḥ | susruvuśca śakṛnmūtramāśramasthāśca susruvuḥ

Terrified by that sound, the herds of beasts, lions and the rest, let fall their dung and urine, and so did the creatures dwelling in the hermitage.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 30 (1.95.30)

निरसुं जानुभिः कृत्वा विससर्ज च सोऽपतत् । तद्दृष्ट्वा विस्मयं जग्मुः कुमारस्य विचेष्टितम् ॥

nirasuṃ jānubhiḥ kṛtvā visasarja ca so'patat | taddṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ jagmuḥ kumārasya viceṣṭitam

Pressing the life out of him with his knees, he let him go, and the daitya fell. Everyone was amazed to see what the boy had done.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 31 (1.95.31)

नित्यकालं वध्यमाना दैतेया राक्षसैः सह । कुमारस्य भयादेव नैव जग्मुस्तदाश्रमम् ॥

nityakālaṃ vadhyamānā daiteyā rākṣasaiḥ saha | kumārasya bhayādeva naiva jagmustadāśramam

Slain time after time, the daityas and the rakshasas, out of fear of the boy, no longer came to that hermitage.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus). Removed stray wiki marks (backtick/quote marks).

Verse 32 (1.95.32)

ततोऽस्य नाम चक्रुस्ते कण्वाश्रमनिवासिनः । कण्वेन सहिताः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा कर्मातिमानुषम् ॥

tato'sya nāma cakruste kaṇvāśramanivāsinaḥ | kaṇvena sahitāḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā karmātimānuṣam

Then all who lived in Kanva's hermitage, together with Kanva, having seen his superhuman deeds, gave him a name:

Note on the text: The second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 33 (1.95.33)

अस्त्वयं सर्वदमनः सर्वं हि दमयत्यसौ । स सर्वदमनो नाम कुमारः समपद्यत ॥

astvayaṃ sarvadamanaḥ sarvaṃ hi damayatyasau | sa sarvadamano nāma kumāraḥ samapadyata

"Let him be Sarvadamana, for he tames everything." So the boy came to be called Sarvadamana,

Note on the text: The first line is CE 1.68.7c; the second line is CE 1.68.8a.

Verse 34 (1.95.34)

विक्रमेणौजसा चैव बलेन च समन्वितः । अप्रेषयति दुष्यन्ते महिष्यास्तनयस्य च ॥

vikrameṇaujasā caiva balena ca samanvitaḥ | apreṣayati duṣyante mahiṣyāstanayasya ca

endowed with valour, vigour and strength. When Dushyanta sent no one for his queen and her son,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) before the second line, which is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the first line is CE 1.68.8c.

Verse 35 (1.95.35)

पाण्डुभावपरीताङ्गीं चिन्तया समभिप्लुताम् । लम्बालकां कृशां दीनां तथा मलिनवाससम् ॥

pāṇḍubhāvaparītāṅgīṃ cintayā samabhiplutām | lambālakāṃ kṛśāṃ dīnāṃ tathā malinavāsasam

seeing her limbs grown pale, sunk in worry, her hair hanging loose, thin and wretched, in soiled clothes,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 36 (1.95.36)

शकुन्तलां च संप्रेक्ष्य प्रदध्यौ स मुनिस्तदा । शास्त्राणि सर्ववेदाश्च द्वादशाब्दस्य चाभवन् ॥

śakuntalāṃ ca saṃprekṣya pradadhyau sa munistadā | śāstrāṇi sarvavedāśca dvādaśābdasya cābhavan

seeing Shakuntala so, the sage fell deep in thought. And by his twelfth year the boy had mastered all the sciences and all the Vedas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus). Removed stray wiki marks (backtick/quote marks).